Requisition ID: 2167

Location: ULA - Decatur

Relocation: Yes- Relocation may be available

Travel Requirements: None/Infrequent

Job Overview & Responsibilities

As a Production Operations Leader, you will lead and manage various organizations in Production Operations. Provide staffing, managing disciplinary corrective action, training, and weekly monitoring of cost/schedule performance, motivating the workforce and identifying and clearing constraints to production. Will direct union hourly work force and salaried support staff. Responsible for ensuring safety, quality, cost, and schedule of production hardware. Responsible for building a capable workforce into high performance work teams utilizing perfect product delivery concepts. Must be willing to work different shifts if required and may require some overtime.

• Lead and manage various organizations in Production Operations.
• Provide staffing, performance management and accountability, training, and weekly monitoring of cost/schedule performance, motivating the workforce, and identifying and clearing constraints to production.
• Will direct union hourly workforce and salaried support staff.
• Responsible for ensuring safety, quality, cost, and schedule of production hardware.
• Responsible for building a capable workforce into high-performance work teams utilizing perfect product delivery concepts.
• Must be willing to work different shifts if required and may require some overtime.
• Safety to Self and Others: Must be able to perform all assigned tasks in a safe manner. While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be exposed to repetitive motion injuries due to keyboarding or to cuts and bruises due to typical office accidents.
• Physical Demands: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use computer and office equipment and to use hands to type, manipulate, handle, and feel; reach with hands and arms; talk; and hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and sit. The employee is occasionally required to climb, balance, bend, stoop, kneel, or crouch. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close -vision and ability to adjust focus.
• Mental Functions: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to communicate verbally and in writing and use interpersonal skills. The employee is regularly required to prioritize, multitask, analyze, interpret, coordinate, compile, evaluate, synthesize, compute, problem solve, concentrate, and think critically. The employee is occasionally required to copy, instruct, and negotiate.
• Judgment and Decision-Making: Work is regularly assigned by self, supervisor, and departmental staff. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to exercise prudent judgment, decision making, and analytical skills to determine manner and operational steps necessary to properly handle inquiries and perform daily tasks within professional standards. Decision making is guided by ULA policies and procedures.
• All tasks described in the job description must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. The duties and responsibilities listed are intended only as illustrations of the various types of work that may be performed. The omission of specific statements of fundamental job duties and responsibilities does not exclude them from the position if the work is similar, related or a logical assignment for the position. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Required Education

High School/GED

Required Years of Experience

Minimum of 6 years of related work experience

Basic Qualifications

• Must be willing to work Monday -Thursday 6:00am - 4:30pm
• Minimum of 2 years of project management or team lead experience
• Possess the experience, education, and skills necessary to direct the activities to those managed
• Demonstrated project management experience, team lead, or mentor experience
• Experience in cost and schedule management, electronic work orders, and non-conformance systems
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project)
• Demonstrated ability to work in a manufacturing environment with projects in different stages of their lifecycle
• Work effectively in a team environment and demonstrate leadership ability

Preferred Qualifications

• Aerospace Assembly
• Blueprint reading
• Experience using SAP
• Aerospace Electronics
• Aerospace Welding
• Leadership in a Union Environment
• Demonstrate flexibility and adaptability to changing task priorities and work situations

We offer our employees competitive pay and benefits including:

• 401(k) match plus an additional employer contribution
• Discretionary annual incentive bonus for eligible employees
• Generous paid time off
• Flexible work environments

Additionally, most salaried ULA team members work a "9/80 schedule," meaning they enjoy every other Friday off.

Benefits and work schedules may vary for union-represented hourly positions and are described in the applicable collective bargaining agreement.

Security Clearance / International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR). This position requires use of information which is subject to the International Traffic In Arms Regulations (ITAR). Therefore, all applicants must be U.S. Persons as defined in ITAR 22 CFR 120.62 (e.g., U.S. Citizen, Lawful Permanent Resident (Green Card holder) or protected individual. See 8 U.S.C. 1101(a)(20) and 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3) for additional information).